Iris Butterfly

Back to Library

IRIS, BUTTERFLY

IRIS, BUTTERFLY
(Moraea bicolor or Dietes supp)
N
ative from South Africa to E. Africa to Kenya.

An excellent perennial iris that grows and spreads through rhizomes or corms. Leaves are fan shaped and can get 18 – 25 inches in height. Butterfly Iris will flower from spring and through the summer with white flowers with a yellow stripe down the center on the petals.